New restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of Covid took effect in Israel on Wednesday, after the largely vaccinated country saw the highest daily infection rate since January. The measures, announced Sunday, require vaccination certificates or n...

Girls wearing white hijabs and black tunics crammed into classrooms in the western Afghan city of Herat just days after the Taliban's takeover. As the school opened its doors, the students scurried down corridors and chatted in courtyards, seemingl...

China's overtures to the Taliban indicate a bid to extract maximum benefit from the dramatic collapse of the US project in Afghanistan. But Beijing will remain watchful of the hardliners now running the show in Kabul, especially as Afghanistan bord...

Australia cricket coach Justin Langer was under mounting pressure Wednesday over his management style, sparking uncertainty around his position heading into the Twenty20 World Cup and an Ashes series. Langer was forced to address negative feedback ...

Having no fans at the Tokyo Paralympics will be "a challenge", IPC chief Andrew Parsons said Wednesday, but he is confident the event will reach "more people than ever before". The Paralympics are set to open behind closed doors on Tuesday, after o...

Hundreds of firefighters struggled for a third day Wednesday to contain France's worst wildfire of the summer near the glitzy Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez which has forced thousands of residents and tourists to flee. The blaze has scorched some 5...

Twitter on Tuesday announced a new feature to allow users to flag content that could contain misinformation, a scourge that has only grown during the pandemic. "We're testing a feature for you to report Tweets that seem misleading - as you see the...

Britain's annual inflation rate slowed sharply last month as clothing retailers slashed prices in the pandemic-hit sector, official data showed Wednesday, but economists warned it will likely rise again. The Consumer Prices Index stood at 2.0 perce...

Video game giant Ubisoft's Singapore office is under investigation over claims of sexual harassment and racial discrimination, a watchdog said, in the latest controversy for the French firm. The publisher of the blockbuster Assassin's Creed and Far...

As devastating wildfires ravage Greece, experts say the blazes cast a harsh light on the failure to prepare against and contain them, threatening irreversible damage to the country's rich biodiversity. Climate scientists warn extreme weather and ...

Four student leaders from Hong Kong's top university were arrested on Wednesday for "advocating terrorism", police said. A controversial student union statement following a lone wolf attack on a police officer last month sparked the arrests, accord...

Outside the main iron gate of the Indian embassy in Kabul, a group of Taliban fighters waited -- armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. Inside the compound were 150 Indian diplomats and nationals -- growing increasingly ner...

A Cambodian court on Wednesday jailed outspoken union leader Rong Chhun for two years on incitement charges relating to comments about the country's border, the latest legal case activists say is aimed at cracking down on opposition voices. Rong C...

Oakland pitcher Chris Bassitt was hospitalized on Tuesday night after being struck in the head by a line drive during the Athletics 9-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox. The 32-year-old American was taken off the field after being hit by a ball off th...

The Taliban have offered a pledge of reconciliation, vowing no revenge against opponents and to respect women's rights in a "different" rule of Afghanistan from two decades ago. The announcements came on Tuesday night shortly after the return to Af...